# 废寝忘食 (fèiqǐnwàngshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 废寝忘食 (fèiqǐnwàngshí) means “to forgo sleep and food”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to forgo sleep and food
- Pinyin: fèiqǐnwàngshí (fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2)
- Traditional: 廢寢忘食
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 为了完成项目，他废寝忘食地工作。
  Wèile wánchéng xiàngmù, tā fèiqǐnwàngshí de gōngzuò.
  To finish the project, he worked forgetting sleep and food.

## Characters

- [废](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-abolish/) (fèi): to abolish; waste
- 寝 (qǐn): to lie down to sleep or rest; bedroom
- [忘](https://hanziro.com/word/wang-forget/) (wàng): to forget; to overlook
- 食 (shí): to eat; food

https://hanziro.com/word/fei-qin-wang-shi-forgo-sleep-and/

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